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Chapter 9
Chapter 9 - Additional Features and Applications Additional Features and
Applications
This chapter covers special features or applications that does not fit into any of the
previous chapters. The following features will be shown in this chapter:
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Windows 2003 Server Management
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IPMI Configuration
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Line Printer Daemon
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CAS Port Pool
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Billing
9.1 Windows 2003 Server Management
Emergency Management Services (EMS) is a new feature in the Windows 2003 Server
that allows out-of-band remote management and system recovery tasks. All Emergency
Management Services output is accessible using a terminal emulator connected to the
server serial port. Besides the normal character mode output sent to the serial console,
Windows also sends xml tags. Those tags can be captured and processed by the ACS so
that the administrator can automate the actions to be taken.
You can manage the server through the Special Administration Console (SAC), which
is the console when connected directly to the Windows Server through Telnet or SSH
session.
How it works
To manage a Windows 2003 server it is necessary to enable the EMS (Emergency
Management Services) service using the following syntax:
bootcfg /ems [EDIT|OFF|ON] [/s [computer] [/u [[domain\]user] /p password [/baud
baud_rate] [/port communications_port] /id line_number
Where:
Parameters:
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EDIT - Allows changes to port and baud rate settings by changing the
redirect=COMx setting in the [bootloader] section. The value of COMx is set to
the value of the /port.